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Table 112 (Labor, Foreign Employ. Place.)
Foreign Employment Placements by Agencies and Bureau - 1987
Lab112e
Country High Level Middle Level Skilled Unskilled House Maids Total
Saudi Arabia 29 856 2,169 4,961 1,745 9,760
United Arab Emirates 1 195 732 187 910 2,025
Bahrain 0 22 29 8 207 266
Oman 2 185 127 36 121 471
Kuwait 4 51 498 261 1,813 2,627
Qatar 0 11 1 2 0 14
Iraq 0 1 30 25 0 56
Jordan 0 0 0 0 20 20
Singapore 0 0 6 2 181 189
Lebanon 0 0 2 3 18 23
Greece 0 9 33 23 43 108
United States 1 32 46 14 0 93
Malaysia 0 0 1 0 0 1
Pakistan 0 0 1 2 1 4
Fiji 1 0 0 0 0 1
P.N.G. 0 1 0 0 0 1
Maldives 3 103 286 36 1 429
North Yemen 0 2 2 2 2 8
Zimbabwe 26 0 0 0 0 26
Others 1 2 2 0 0 5
Total 68 1,470 3,965 5,562 5,062 16,127
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 1998 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
Revised:  2003(y)/10(m)/01(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.